The photoplay; a psychological study (1916)

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Title:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Date:
1916
Publisher:
New York [etc.] D. Appleton and company
Volume:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Leaf #:
000102
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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MEMORY AND IMAGINATION than merely the light and sound sensations which fall on the eye and ear at that mo- ment. He may be entirely fascinated by the actions on the stage and yet his mind may be overflooded with other ideas. Only one of their sources, but not the least importanitl one, is the memory. Indeed the action of the memory brings to the mind of the audience ever so much which gives fuller meaning and ampler setting to every scene—^yes, to every word and move- ment on the stage. To think^of the most triv- ial case, at every point of the drama we must remember what happened in the previous scenes. The first act is no longer on the stage when we see the second. The second alone is now our sense impression. Yet this second act is in itself meaningless if it is not supported by the first. Hence the first must somehow be in our consciousness. At least in every important scene we must remember those situations of the preceding act which can throw light on the new developments. We see the young missionary in his adven- tures on his perilous journey and we remem- ber how in the preceding act we saw him in his peaceful cottage surrounded by the love 93